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Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year
Victoria Adukwei Bulley’s Quiet
Critics' choice

Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed
Best books of 2022
Indie picks

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed

The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more
Saving the Butterfly: one of our picks for the best children’s books of 2022
recommended

The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more

Top 5 books about trauma recovery, chosen by Lech Blaine
Trauma
recommended

Top 5 books about trauma recovery, chosen by Lech Blaine

Shifty's Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir
Appalachian Mountains
black humour

Shifty's Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling
The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen
review

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling

Yuval Noah Harari: 'We are living inside the dreams of dead people'
Yuval Noah Harari
Books

Yuval Noah Harari: 'We are living inside the dreams of dead people'

David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability
David Aguilar
from the author

David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability

Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Christmas message from the stars
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Science

Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Christmas message from the stars

Our Daily Bread: Father Alex Frost says it's not just prayer we need to tackle poverty
Our Daily Bread: From Argos to the Altar – A Priest’s Story by Father Alex Frost
poverty

Our Daily Bread: Father Alex Frost says it's not just prayer we need to tackle poverty

Top 5 books about the power of music, chosen by Adriana Barton
Sheet music
Books

Top 5 books about the power of music, chosen by Adriana Barton

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive
Brooklyn Bridge sign
Books

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham: Utterly alive

1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?
Berlin television tower
Books

1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel: Is a novel the best format for this story?

Top 5 books for Latin lovers, chosen by Harry Mount
Latin inscription on a wall at the Vatican
Top 5 books

Top 5 books for Latin lovers, chosen by Harry Mount

Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss
Medieval banquet
recommended

Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes
Goddess Kali
review

Identitti review: A highly original take on the perils of idolising your heroes

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'
Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth by Stuart Braithwaite is out now
Books

Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages
A face and a hand obscured by a curtain
short stories

Seven Empty Houses review: Dread sneaks like a cursed gift through its pages

Top 5 books about Jewish identity
Star of David
recommended

Top 5 books about Jewish identity

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
novel

Limberlost review: What nature can teach a boy about a man